Removing Research from Office 2007 installs

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Is there any way to disable the "Research" feature (Alt + Click) in Microsoft Office 2007? It would be better if there was a policy setting or install option that I've missed, but if not, can you disable it post-install?

Because it locks up the program while it loads the research pane — Glenn Slaven, May 04 '09 at 06:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 22 '12 at 13:22

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This works in Word and Excel, and I assume it will work in Outlook. To disable the Research task pane:

From the Office application, press Alt + F11 to open the VB Editor.

Press Ctrl + G to open the Immediate Window.

Type this line and press Enter:

Application.CommandBars("Research").Enabled = False

edited Nov 22 '12 at 13:22

Marko

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answered Mar 26 '12 at 15:55

Jon Peltier

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 29 '12 at 22:41

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Press alt click that will enable the options on the down arrow sign besides the research title window Choose close.

edited Mar 29 '12 at 22:41

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answered Mar 29 '12 at 14:50

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '09 at 03:40

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According to this thread, you can't disable the Research pane but you can speed it up by clicking the "Research Options" button and then clicking "Update/Remove" to remove all the online searches.

answered May 04 '09 at 03:40

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That does make a major difference, it will be a pity if you can't remove it, but this is better than nothing – Glenn Slaven May 04 '09 at 06:04

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 20 '12 at 01:53

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My experience is it just went away after killing it a bunch of times. I have seen some very happy people on annoyance.org saying:

Alt + click the X to close.

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answered Nov 19 '12 at 21:49

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Removing Research from Office 2007 installs

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